Last night’s MLB all-star game was the shortest since 1988 (the boringest is still up for debate), but at least we got to see Barack O. throwing out the ceremonial pitch—the fourth President to do so in the All-Star game after Kennedy, Nixon and Ford (click here for our video history of political first pitches).
Rocking a mean set of dad jeans and a White Sox jacket, Obama, by most accounts, got a somewhat wobbly pitch off that just barely made it to Albert Pujols‘ glove. See, it’s tough to tell from the TV clip, because the Fox Network cameraman fucked up Barry’s moment of glory athletic mediocrity with a bad angle. In fairness, anybody’s gonna look wack after Dubya, who could definitely find work as a relief pitcher if this whole legacy-building thing doesn’t pan out.
At this past weekend’s birthday party for his wife, Barbara, George Bush Sr. proved he doesn’t need pills *cough* Bob Dole *cough* to get his geriatric machinery creaking to life. He also proved you don’t have to be the birthday boy to have the most fun at the party. Still, it’s clear that Barbara wasn’t about to be upstaged by her hubby—if you look at the picture above closely you can see the ex-First Lady tweeting on her BlackBerry: “My neck, my back…”
If nothing else, these birthday-bash photos (exposed by TMZ) serve as proof that presidents are regular people just like us. They like womanizing, boozing, smoking, and breaking the law. Unlike us, however, presidents always get away with it. Read on for more politically unfortunate photos that won’t be hanging in anyone’s Presidential library…
Does pomp and circumstance necessitate call and response? Apparently at the University of Notre Dame it does. This weekend, President Obama gave the commencement address at the nation’s largest Catholic university; of course anti-abortion activists took the opportunity to act the foolvoice their displeasure with Obama’s pro-choice stances.
Be real people: the right wing is down to protest Obama at the drop of a hat—if he mentioned that his sneakers had laces they’d try to call him out for being an elitist who looks down on common folk who can’t tie their shoes. Still, he’s not the first Commander-in-Chief to have (figurative!) darts thrown at him by an audience member, as you’ll see with our History of Presidential Hecklers…
Obama is in Queen Elizabeth’s ear. Pause, with a royal whee.
Nothing says “I don’t want to be ruled by you, but thanks for being a friend” like an iPod, which is why President Barack Obama gave one to England’s Queen Elizabeth II during a private meeting at Buckingham Palace. The iPod was loaded with video and photos from the 82-year-old bird’s various trips to the U.S., as well as showtunes. Pretty lame, though not as lame as the Elizabeth giving the Obamas a signed photograph in a silver frame—the same gift she gives all visiting dignitaries.
Diplomacy and an aide’s questionable taste no doubt dictated the contents of the iPod. But we’re sure that the playlist would be a hell of a lot cooler and more meaningful had Obama put it together himself. It would probably sound a little something like this…
In his weekly column, rapper John Brown'the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”'will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
Now that we’ve officially begun the Obama era'or the post-Bush era, whichever you’re more excited about'it’s time to find someone to mock him. Whether it was Dana Carvey playing out George Walker Bush, Will Ferrell getting at Dubya or Tina Fey ethering Palin, caricatured impersonations are mandatory for ridiculing and de-humanizing our narcissistic bureaucrats. Since everyone’s been hating on SNL’s Obama (played by Fred Armisen), let’s see some options for his replacement…
When photographer David Bergman shot his enormous panoramic collage of the Presidential Inauguration last week, it took 220 separate shots and six and a half hours for his editing software to stitch it all together. Even more staggering, though, it brought to light information that caught us totally off-guard: Biggie is not only alive and well, he’s lamping in Washington with newly-appointed Cabinet members! Don’t believe us? Zoom along with us and see why the Attorney General’s office is about to get a whole lot more notorious…
When CNN.com decided to team up with Facebook for their groundbreaking live stream of today’s presidential inauguration, it meant that they left another popular microblogging site out in the cold. Poor Twitter: as instrumental as you were in bringing details to light about the Jim Jones-Neyo scuffle, no one cared what you thought about I-Day.
No one except Complex, that is. Yes, always at the vanguard of technology, we dispatched our Twitter spies to get a peek at what certain Washington insiders were saying during today’s historic proceedings…
When marketing a product, it helps to have a big name co-signer endorse your gear. Think about what Jay-Z did for Ace of Spades, what Hiroshi Fujiwara did for Burton, or what Kanye does for pretty much every brand he puts on.
But there is a co-signer that’s bigger than all of them, and he’s about to get the job of his life in a few short days. Yup, Barack Obama is bigger than all of streetwear, rap, and even bigger than having Terry Richardson shoot your ad campaign. The closer we get to inauguration day, the more brands are slapping him on just about everything. In the spirit of good fun, we’ve compiled our favorite blatant Obama alignments for the sake of product promotion that have popped up on our radar in the past couple of weeks…
In his weekly column, rapper John Brown'the self-proclaimed “King Of Da Burbz”'will be offering his insight into politics and current events to the Complex readers. Check out “Politickin With John Brown” every Thursday.
This past week, Sean Combs appeared on Bill Maher, where he declared that, regardless of Obama’s race, most Americans are happy that we finally have a “cool president.” I thought Bill Clinton getting a head whop from ML was pretty cool, but that’s irrelevant. We now have a fresh slate from which to define American presidential swag and I’d like to throw in my two cents. Here’s a few ideas for the big homie on how to maximize his youthful mentality to transform this puritanical nation into paradise…
American people, you have spoken with your ballots, and look what it’s gotten you: a dildo modeled after president-elect Obama. What a proud moment for us all! it’s not the first time a politician–or any public figure, for that matter–has gotten their likeness jacked (no pun intended) for a sex toy.
Hell, 50 Cent used to talk about releasing a dildo of his own, but this is a whole other situation; someone’s getting the shaft here, that’s for sure. Click on for 5 shameful instances of (mostly unauthorized) celeb-themed adult novelties…
